ABSTRACT
Merched y Wawr (Mudiad Cenedlaethol i Ferched Cymru ‘the National Welsh Women’s Movement’) is an organisation similar (in some ways) to the Women’s Institute (WI) in England. It has over 250 branches throughout Wales, and publishes a quarterly magazine Y Wawr containing a wide range of material including amongst other things (as listed on their website: https://www.merchedywawr.co.uk" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">www.merchedywawr.co.uk) materion cyfoes, adolygiadau, lluniau deniadol, cystadlaethau a gwobrau gwych, dyddiaduron personol, llenyddiaeth, ryseitiau blasus, ffasiwn a ffitrwydd (‘current affairs, reviews, eye-catching pictures, competitions with great prizes, personal diaries, literature, tasty recipes, fashion and fitness’). One of its regular features is Materion Meddygol (‘Medical Matters’) in which Dr Llinos Roberts – a GP well known across Wales for her appearances on the media – discusses health issues of one kind or another. This particular article deals with a common ailment of our modern lives and details typical symptoms and remedies.
